8975 (v.8) Algology and Mycology 202

Area:

Department of Environmental Biology

Credits:

25.0

Contact Hours:

17.0

** The tuition pattern below provides details of the types of classes and their duration. This is to be used as a guide only. For more precise information please check your unit outline. **

Lecture:

1 x 2 Hours Weekly

Laboratory:

1 x 3 Hours Weekly

Fieldwork:

2 x 1 Days Yearly

Prerequisite(s):

1756 (v.7) Plant Biology 101 or any previous version

Syllabus:

Mycology, classification and characteristics of fungi - basidiomycetes, ascomycetes, phycomycetes, deuteromycetes, lichens and mycorrhizae. Morphology, life cycle, ecological and economic importance. Algology - classification of algae. Criteria for classification - photosynthetic pigments, food reserves, nature of cell wall components, the types of flagella, cytology. Morphology and life cycle - unicellular organisation, protococcoidal, flagellate unicells, colonial organisation, flagellate colonies, non-flagellate coenobia, filamentous organisation, siphonaceous and parenchymatous organisation. Vegetative, asexual, sexual reproduction. Life-cycles. Cyanobacteria, Dinophyta - cell structure, vegetative structure, cell division, ecological importance. Indicators of water quality. Bacillariophyta, Euglenophyta - cell structure, cell division, ecological importance. Chlorophyta, Charophyta - vegetative structure, reproduction and life cycle. Phaeophyta - vegetative structure, life cycle, economic importance. Rhodophyta - vegetative structure, life cycle, economic importance.

** To ensure that the most up-to-date information about unit references, texts and outcomes appears, they will be provided in your unit outline prior to commencement. **

Field of Education:

010900 Biological Sciences (Narrow Grouping)

Funding Cluster:

08 - Engineering, Science, Surveying

SOLT (Online) Definitions*:

Informational
*Extent to which this unit or thesis utilises online information

Result Type:

Grade/Mark

Availability

Year	Location	Period	Internal	Partially Online Internal	Area External	Central External	Fully Online
2005	Bentley Campus	Semester 2	Y

Area External	refers to external course/units run by the School or Department or offered by research.
Central External	refers to external and online course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area
Partially Online Internal	refers to some (a portion of) learning provided by interacting with or downloading pre-packaged material from the Internet but with regular and ongoing participation with a face-to-face component retained. Excludes partially online internal course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area which remain Central External
Fully Online	refers to the main (larger portion of) mode of learning provided via Internet interaction (including the downloading of pre-packaged material on the Internet). Excludes online course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area which remain Central External